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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. P t nt d July 29, 191% Applicationfiled February 15, 1917. Serial No. 14am.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I. GEORGE lVILLIAM BERRY, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing in Rose Bay, near Sydney,in the State of New South Vales, Commonwealth of Australia, engineer,have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for AutomaticallyForming and Connecting Hinge Members on the Lids and Bodies ofSheet-Metal Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has been devised in order to provide improvements in andconnected with sheet metal presses for forming hinge members on andhingedly connecting the lids and bodies of sheet metal receptacleshaving one or more flat sides in a simple and efficient manner.

The invention relates particularly to a sheet metal press that isfurnished with three sets of dies for simultaneously treatingreceptacles and lids and with means whereby the lid and body blanks areprogressively and intermittently passed from one set of dies to anotherto form the hinge members and connect the lids and bodies in threesuccessive operations.

Improvements embodied in the present invention comprise firstly, novelmeans for insuring a correct feeding of the lid and body blanks to theirrespective dies; secondly, means for conveying the lids and bodiesprogressively and intermittently from one set of dies to another;thirdly, means for pushing the lids and bodies on to the dies and forreturning them to their respective conveying devices after beingoperated on by the said dies; fourthly, means for hingedly connectingthe lids and bodies on which have been formed hinge-members; fifthly,means for discharging the hingedly connected lids and bodies from themachine; sixthly, the gen eral construction and arrangement of-theoperative parts whereby access can be conveniently had to the same foradjustment, renewal or repairs.

The machine is particularly adaptable for securing the lids to tins inwhich tobacco, confectionery, medicinal and chemical preparations andother goods are commonly packed for sale or transport.

In order that the invention may be readily understood reference will nowbe had to the Fig. 5.

accompanying sheets of explanatory drawngs, wherem- Figure 1 is a viewin peispectiveof a'press constructed in accordance with the inventionthe constructional features for feeding, forming hlnge members anddischarging the hingedly connected lids and bodies being omitted forconvenience of illustration.

Fig. 2 is a view-in sectional plan ofthe press taken'on the dotted line22 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing parts of the press removed toenable the remainlng parts to be clearly illustrated.

Fig. 4 is a view in sectional elevation taken on the dotted line 4-4 ofFig. 2 and shows portlon of the press partly in sectional elevat1onsituated above the dotted line 22 of Fig. 5 is a view in side elevationof part of the press.

' Fig. 6 is a view in sectional side elevation taken on the dotted line66 of Fig. 2.

F ig.'7 is a view in sectional side elevation taken on the dotted line7-7 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a view in sectional side elevation taken on the dotted line8-8 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 9 is a view in sectional side elevation taken on the dotted line 99of Fig. 2.

Fig. 10 is a view in rear elevation of the operative parts of the pressshown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 11 is a view, illustrating the means employed for feeding the lidsand bodies to the press.

Figs. 12 and 13' are views in sectional side elevation of part of Fig.11 taken on the plane CC.

Figs. 14 and 15 are views in sectional side elevation of plane DD.

- Figs. 16 and 17 are views in sectional rear elevation of part of themechanism for directing the lids and bodies from the feed mechanism(part of which is shown in rear elevation) to the hinge forming dies ofthe press. I

Fig. 18 is a view in perspective of mecha nism employed for controll ngthe discharge of the lids and bodies from the feeding devices.

Fig. 19 is a view in perspective of portion of the means for directingthe lids and bodies fromthe feeding devices to the hinge forming dies.

part of Fig. 11 taken onthe tion, showing portion of Fig. 9 drawn to alarger scale.

Fig. 23 is a view similar to Fig. 22 showing the working parts indifierent operative positions.

Fig. 24 is a view in perspective showing the means employed to close thelids on the v bodies and discharge the same from the ress.

p Figs. 25 and 26' are views in sectional side elevation taken on theplanes A-A and BB respectively of Fig. 24. Fig. 27 is a view inperspective of a constructional modification in part-of the apparatusshown in Fig. '24.

Figs. 28 and 29 are views in perspective of body and lid blanksrespectively.

' side eleva- Fig. 30 1s a view in sectional tion of portions ofv thefirst hinge forming die, portions of a lid and body blankbeing shown insection thereon.

Fig. 31 is a view similar to Fig. 30 showing the die closed on the lidand body blanks.

Figs. 32 and 33 are views in perspective of body and lid blanks asshaped by the first die.

Fig. 34 is a view in sectional side elevation showing the second hingeforming die in its open position, portions of the lid and,

body, as shaped by the first die, being shown in position thereon. 1

Fig. 35 is a view similar to Fig. 34 showing the die closed on the lidand body.

Figs. 36 and 37 are views in perspective showing portions of thelid andbody, respectively, as shaped by the second die operation.

Fig. 38 is a view in sectional side elevation of the third die shown inits open position with the lid and body in position to be connectedthereby.

Fig. 39 is a view similar to Fig. 38 showing the third die closed on thehinging members of the lid and body.

Fig. 40 is a view in perspective of a' lid and body hingedly connectedby means of the invention.

Fig. 41 is a perspective view of the first set of dies for performingthe operations in- ,dicated-in Figs. 30 and 31.

' 42 is a similar view of the second set of Idies used for performingthe operations Figs. 38 and 39.

tense? over to expose its under face to facilitate description thereof.

Fig. 45 is a view in sectional side elevation of a modified form ofdevice for feed ing the lid blanks to the press.

Figs. 46 and 47 are views in sectional side elevation and sectional planrespectively of part of Fig. 41 taken onthe dotted lines 10 10 and 1111.

Fig. 48 is a view showing .a modification of that part of the inventionillustrated in Figs. 9 and 22 and hereinafter will be fully described.

Referring to the drawings wherein like characters of 'reference havebeen employed to indicate similar or corresponding parts of thedifferent views the numeral 20 desig- 'nates a cast metal frame thelower part of which is not shown and can be given any approved. design.Theupper end of the frame 20 is provided with two bearings 21 in whichis revolubly mounted a driving shaft 22 furnished at its rear end with acombined belt and fly wheel 23.

A' crank 24 is fitted. to or formed integrally on the front end of thedriving shaft 22 andthe motion of said crank is adapted to impart avertical reciprocat'ory movement to a cross-head 25. The cross-head 25is con- "nected to the crank 24 by means of a link 26 and the saidcross-head is designed to slide freely in vertical uides 27 formed on orfitted to the head 0 the frame.

The underside of the cross-head 25 is fitted with a die-head 2,8 havingbosses 29 adapted to move freely over vertically disposed guide pillars30 fitted to a movable die base 31.

Fitted to the underside of the die head 28 are three top dies 32, 33 and34 that are adapted to move to and from and register with a Similarnumber of bottom dies 32, 33' and 34, respectively, fittedto the movabledie base 31. The die head 28 is formed -=with a depending portion 35that extends transversely across the center and underside thereof andpassing through the said portion are three parallelly arranged recesses36 that are located above the three bottom dies. The recesses 36 aredesigned to accommodate shanks 37 formed on or fitted adjustably to thetop dies. The top dies are connected to the shanks 37 by means} of studbolts and enlarged holes 38, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of thedrawings. An inverted T- shaped channel 39 is formed in the upper endsof each of the shanks 37 to accommodate the shaped ends of adjustmentscrews 40 that pass downwardly through the die head 28. The adjustmentscrews 40 have shaped heads to permit of them being operated to raise orlower the die blocks as required and the said screws are furnished Fig.44 1s a rear side view of one memberv with lock nuts 41 by means ofwhich they can be held fixedly in any adjusted position. The shanks 37are of slightly greater width

